IPSIA Norouz Ball 1394/2015

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Pegeman Karimi @ (571) 270-1712(Pickup location is in Vienna, VA)Free Parking at EAST parking garage (Click here for the location and Street View)This event is at the United States Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria Virginia

Dr. Buzz Aldrin, an engineer, fighter pilot, astronaut, and patent owner, will speak at the USPTO Thursday, November 6 from 11 a.m. – noon ET in the Madison Building Auditorium on the Alexandria campus. The event is part of a Veterans Day ceremony being organized by the USPTO Military Association (UMA).

On July 21, 1969, Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were the first humans to set foot on the Moon, while nearly a billion people all over the world watched and listened. After graduating third in his class from the U.S. Military Academy in 1951 with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Aldrin flew 66 combat missions as an F-86 Sabre pilot during the Korean War and shot down two MiG-15 aircraft. He retired from the U.S. Air Force as a full colonel in 1972 and possesses a doctorate in astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The Denver satellite office will located in the Byron Rogers Federal Building in the Denver central business district. The Rogers building is home to 11 federal agencies in downtown Denver. This location offers convenient access to from downtown and suburban sites. The office with house both examiners and patents judges in a 45,000 square foot space. The building offers a fitness center, health unit and large conference space. A childcare center is across the street.

The goal in Denver is to have 100 examiners and 20 administrative patent judges, as well as several support staff, on site by the end of the first year of operation. For more information please click here.

The USPTO has selected the San Jose City Hall building as the permanent location for the Silicon Valley satellite office. The search for permanent office space was put on hold in July due to sequestration. Generous support and assistance from the City of San Jose, the California State Assembly’s Speaker’s Office, along with the collective support for the satellite office championed by members of the California congressional delegation, provide timely benefits as the USPTO moves forward with occupying permanent space in Silicon Valley by the end of 2014. Read the press release